The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-16

| SCOTTISH RITE MASONS, at temple on South
| Saraiah Council of Princes of Jerusalem at p.
NJ, and in Indananolis Chapter of Rose Croix al
! p ~; banquet at P. II.
| GRAND LODGE OF ODD-FELLOWS Grand lodge
Hall, corner of Washington and Pennsylvania
streets, morning and afternoon.
| BENEFIT CONCERT, by 'Our Social Club Plyrn
outh Church evening.
| GRAND oPERA-HOUSE-fsDolo evening
THE MUSEUM-"Her Atonement," afternoon and
evening.
In Brief
Daniel Moore has qualified as executor of
| Richard Wells, deceased, with bond for 81, 800.
| Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
| Charles Z. Yeaesr and Louise Reynolds Milton
| Clark and Josephine E. Herritt.
j. H. NowLAND SERIOUSLY ILL
| j. FL B. Rowland, one of the early pioneers of
| Indianapolis, suffered sudden attack of nerv-
GUS prostration and disease Of the heart, yester-
day, while visiting friends near Union Village,
johnson county. He grew worse SO rapidly that
his family was telegraphed for, and his son
Lloyd brought him home last evening He con-
tinued in critical condition last night, his sys-
tenn, apparently, being entirely broken down,
and his recovery Is not expected.
BUSY DAY AT THE sToCKYARDs
There were received at the Indianapolis stock
yards in the twenty-four hours ending at
yesterday 203 carloads o: hogs In the early
part of the day the local packers showed a dis
position to bear the market and break prices,
but about IL o'clock Louisville buyer made his
appearance and bought hogs sufficient to load
thirty-nine double-deck cars. The Indianapolis
buyers then took hold, and in q short time every
hog in the yard on the market was sold
DEATH OF DR. S. D. JONES.
At meeting of physicians held yesterday at
the Office of DR.. j. T. Boyd. resolutions
adopted deploring the death Of DR.. S. D. Jones
at Funiak Springs. Fla, commencing his many
good qualities and rendering sympathy to his
ia of he dece asady vii
to-day. The remains will be taken from
Krsgelo's undertaking establishment this morn
ing, at 1890 o'clock, and the services will be
Quoted at Crown Hill Chapel. by Rev. D. Edsen.
WOMAN DIES WHILE TRAVELLING ALONE.
A middle aged lady, travelling alone died sud
denly Franklin last night. on the j., NJ. 6
l. passenger train that leaves here at o'clock
When the conductor took her ticket she seemed
in good health, and was not noticed to be sick
until she fell out of her seat dead She had
nothing on her person by which she could be
identified. Her ticket from Terre Haute
to Crab Orchard. XIV. The remains were left at
Seymour in possession OF the coroner of Jackson
county.
THE SCHOOL BOARDS BONDS
Horace Mckay has refused to take the sixty
thousand dollars bonds issued by the School
Board and awarded to him in the competitive
sale. His offer was to accept them at par and
allow the board to retain the interest that had
accumulated since they were issued, Oct 6.
The finance committee has sold the bonds to >.
P. Sheeren - Co., the next highest bidders who
take the bonds at par. and pay premium Of
SGT on them. The bonds run two years and draw
per cont interest
AVERAGES OF THE CROPS.
The State Statistician is compiling the aver
ages of the crops of the past season. He will
have the work completed in few days. It will
show that the yield Ct corn is about 60 600 900
bushels, while in 1855 it was III, 900 0O0 and
last year 108 900, 000 Had there been sufficient
rain the crop would have reached 125 OO0. 900
bushels One farmer reported that he got only
thirteen years to the The average will be
about twenty bushels to the acre. For wheat
the average is only Is bushels. Irish potatoes
will reach about one-fourth of 3 crop. In the
aggregate not more than SOC, 600 bushels
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEES MEETING.
The Democratic State central and executive
committees are to meet to-day, ostensibly to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignition of ex-
Representative Buskrk. There will be some
trouble, it is thought in getting full meeting
as only six of the central committee have in
formed the secretary that they would attend.
Il wrote to them ALL said Secretary johnson.
ito let me know If they would come, but five of
the mem bers have sent no response" The com
mitteemen, it is supposed. will be thrown into
discussion on ways, means, measures and men
relative to the coming campaign.
BLOODY FIGHT BETWEEN NEGROES
There bloody fight between several col
ored men at o'clock last night in q saloon on
Fort Wayne avenue, between Alabama and
New Jersey streets. in which Warren Banks,
colored, was hit on the head with Ratchet by
William A. Taylor and seriously hurt The
participants in the fight were all intoxicated
TAYLOR arrested and charged with assault
and battery with insent to KILL and Warren and
Joseph Twines, who were among the partici-
pants. arrested for assault and battery.
The ARRAY would have perhaps been more Sc
rious had not patrolmen Harris and Weirick in
tertered.
TWO NEW BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
Articles of incorporation filed yesterday
with the Secretary of State for the German
Washington Building and Savings and the
Wayne Building Loan and Savings Associa-
TONS of Fort Wayne. The capital stock of
each is 800. 900, and the incorporators of the
first named are Otto Mchler, John Fl. Pranger,
Charles Liebereurh. Matthias Kramer, Peter
Lauer and others OF the second among the
incorporates are Charles Hoffman, Otto Herbst.
George Moltz and John Goelze. Articles
Springfield & Western railway and the Indiana
& Western railway ulder the name of the Ohio,
Indiana Sc Western Railway Company.
A CHESS CLUBS CHALLENGE.
The indianapolis Chess Club yesterday re-
ceived the following challenge:
NEW YORK, Nov. IL, 1887.
To the Members of the Indianapolis Chess Club:
Gentlemen-At the regular monthly meeting of our
club held the club rooms, Nov. g. 1887, it
solved to challenge the members of your club to a
should be pleased to hear from you the subject.
Respectfully, THE JEFFERSON CHESS CLUB.
W. C.. Hyde Corresponding Secretary.
The Jefferson club is one of the best chess or
CARNATIONS in the country, and the challenge
from them is regarded as quite compliment to
the Indianapolis club. A committee will be ap-
pointed at once to make the necessary arrange
ments for the contest
POLITICS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.
J. G. Shanklin of the Evansville Courier. was
in the city yesterday, and said that the southern
part of the State giving but little attention
to politics SIT is unusually quiet. politically"
he continued, ''but what talk there is among
Democrats favors the nomination of Judge Nib
lack for Governor. Everybody has confidence
in him, and in addition to his fine abilities he
would carry into the campaign the prestige of
never having met defeat in his political cam
paigns. think he get the nomination with
out any trouble Minister DENLY is not, be-